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From: nasser@apldbio.com
Subject: Re: AIA Position on Ada
Date: 1996/08/27
Date: 1996-08-27T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4vu98k$64t@lex.zippo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 4vs3fq$324@ns1.sw-eng.falls-church.va.us



How did a discussion about AIA position on Ada become one about
flooding, video stores and VHS vs. Betamax ?

I just love newsgroups !

:)

Nasser
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  reply	other threads:[~1996-08-27  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1996-08-23  0:00 AIA Position on Ada Ken Garlington
1996-08-24  0:00 ` Alan Brain
1996-08-26  0:00   ` bohn
1996-08-29  0:00     ` Alan Brain
1996-08-29  0:00       ` David Weller
1996-08-27  0:00   ` Stephen M O'Shaughnessy
1996-08-25  0:00 ` Bob Kitzberger
     [not found]   ` <01bb9300$3af46980$4a6700cf@ljelmore.montana>
1996-08-26  0:00     ` Alan Brain
1996-08-26  0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
1996-08-26  0:00   ` Carl Bowman
1996-08-27  0:00     ` nasser [this message]
1996-08-28  0:00 ` Richard Riehle
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1996-08-29  0:00 Simon Johnston
1996-08-26  0:00 Marin David Condic, 407.796.8997, M/S 731-93
1996-08-24  0:00 Marin David Condic, 407.796.8997, M/S 731-93
1996-08-25  0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1996-08-27  0:00   ` Robert I. Eachus
1996-08-23  0:00 Ken Garlington
1996-08-23  0:00 ` Byron B. Kauffman
1996-08-23  0:00   ` nasser
1996-08-24  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
1996-08-24  0:00   ` Robert B. Love 
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